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Thanks I give it a try.

Hi, I have some rust in my tank, has anyone used Tapox tank sealer? They say its Ethanol and petrol resistant?

Hi Chris,
yeh I took it to Tony and after we had a long good look over a cuppa we decided that I should keep riding it and see if it gets worse. We couldn't work out where the noise was coming from and the engine did make more of a rattle when I pulled back the throttle.

I removed the air box and put it back at least 5 times, dam that front pipe! I spoke to tony, he going to listen to the rattle on Saturday. I will let you know what he finds.
Thanks lads.

Hi Chris, I re-seated all the values, changed the front head as the old one was damaged, Honda new head gasket. The bike has had 2 owners, full service history from a Honda dealers, so I think the carbs are original, I have also been all around the carb area with a mechanics stethoscope and can not ...

Hi, thanks for the replys. It has no ignition advancer, I fitted manual ccts which I have screwed in and out all the way to see if the rattle would stop , and the bike has done 21,000 miles.
Thanks

Hi Mac,
yeh im always watching on here but tend not to comment much. This problem has really stumped me and thought I could do with some help.
Cheers for the reply.
Med

I bought this bike with the front cam chain failure. I have replaced the front head and the cam chain adjusters, there was no damage to the top of the piston, just a few light scratches. When I fired up the bike it ran for about 2 mins then started to rattle. Its not the clutch because as I pulled t...

Thanks i try that.

dont forget be buy a new clutch center nut and gasket before you dismantle clutch.

so straight from the neutral terminal to the engine, would that by pass the bad earth?

yes, that was the first place i went, i replaced it and it was still doing it, so i replaced the starter motor as well. lucky i have alot of spares thanks for the reply.

yes, i hate wiring

The reg on tick over is 1390v at 5,000 revs 1353 with no lights, but i just noticed when i reved to 5,000 it the speedo needle rose to 40mph.

I just rebuilt a storm due to being seized, one of the clutch spring bolt had come undune and gone into the inside of the clutch cover smashing the silver bit inside the cover, one big bit of metal getting suck in the oil pump hence seized, the bike had been sitting around for about a year, i do not...